LAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance has faced skepticism from some in the Jewish Republican community. He waded directly into the fray Monday — and was met with...
South Carolina is already setting the stage for the shadow 2028 presidential primaries as potential White House hopefuls from both parties travel to the Palmetto State. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) traveled through rural South Carolina during a two-day tour this past week, while Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) are...
A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order providing protections for journalists covering protests in Los Angeles after reporters alleged law enforcement mistreated them during widespread protests last month. U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera, an appointee of former President Biden, granted the 14-day order and ruled that local police could no longer...
Senate Democrats on Friday joined State Department employees in protest of the Trump administration’s decision to layoff 1,300 employees this week. "This is not America first. This is America in retreat," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said on Friday at a protest outside the department's headquarters in Washington. "And we don't want America retreating, do we?"...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested approximately 200 people without permanent legal status during immigration raids on Thursday at two cannabis farms in California, which left one person dead. “We can confirm that a farm worker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action,” the United Farm Workers...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security The Big Story US strikes deal to send Ukraine weapons through NATO President Trump has announced that a deal was struck with NATO to send weapons to Ukraine, with the military alliance bearing the brunt of the cost. ...
Jailed reality TV star Joe Exotic is once again asking President Trump for a pardon. Netflix's "Tiger King" star, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, called on Trump "to listen to the" voices of Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and other public figures as well as "the millions of people around the world to make...
George Santos, the former New York lawmaker who was sentenced to prison for fraud and identity theft, told Tucker Carlson he fears he will not make it out. “I don’t know that I’ll survive it. They’re putting me in a violent prison,” Santos said on the latest "Tucker Carlson Show" episode released Friday. “I’m not a streetwise guy; I don’t...
Republicans are showing a growing appetite for long-threatened sanctions that would seek to cut off Russia from vital trading partners like China, India and possibly Europe, as President Trump looks for leverage to stop the Ukraine war. Trump earlier this week sided with Ukraine hawks in Congress when he said the U.S. would continue providing crucial Patriot...
Presented by Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Senate panel clears FDA appropriations The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to advance its agricultural funding bill Thursday, which, if approved, could curtail the impact of some of President Trump’s more controversial provisions in his sweeping tax and spending package....
David Gergen, an adviser to four presidents, a TV political commentator and a best-selling author, died Thursday from Lewy body dementia, according to reports. Gergen, born in North Carolina, served in the Navy for three years before joining former President Nixon’s staff as a speech writer in 1971. Then he became director of communications for...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a leaner foreign policy force that, he argues, will allow the United States to respond more nimbly by removing layers of bureaucracy. The department sent reduction in force (RIF) notices Friday morning to about 1,100...
